'conch shells' definitions:

Definition of 'conch shells'

From: GCIDE
  • Strombus \Strom"bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch. [1913 Webster]